Akanksha Adya is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Krea University, India, and a doctoral candidate in Psychology at the University of West Georgia, United States. Her doctoral research examines how first-time mothers construct meaning of their infant feeding practices in relation to global expert knowledge sources. Akanksha is the first recipient of the Researchers in the Global South Grant Award from the Society for Psychological Society for Social Issues, American Psychological Association (Division 9). Her doctoral dissertation received grant support from the Taraknath Das Foundation, Columbia University, USA.
Drawing upon cultural, feminist, and critical approaches, her research and teaching aims to center the lived experiences of Indian women to decolonize psychology. She loves teaching and has taught Psychology in the United States and India. At Krea, she has designed and taught an elective course,
Motherhood, Family, Childcare in India.
She has presented her scholarly work at various national and international forums, and published papers in peer reviewed journals such as the
Women & Therapy and
Pediatrics journal.
Previously, Akanksha trained as a psychodynamic psychotherapist from Ambedkar University, Delhi, and specialized in attending to mental health concerns of women. Her research and teaching interests include Motherhood studies, Culture and Psychology, Feminism and Psychology, Women and Mental health, Human Development, and Qualitative Research Methods.
